One Factor Will Decide How Many Watch Exodus: Gods and Kings

According to recent polling data, the factor the will most influence whether or not people go to see Exodus: Gods and Kings is Biblical accuracy. The the Biblical epic you set to hit theaters December 12. Until then, we won’t know just how accurate the poll is.

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The numbers are somewhat surprising. 67% of adults (Not just Christians) are unlikely to see Exodus if it fails to accurately portray the Biblical story. By contrast, 73% of adults are likely to see the film if it is accurate.

By just watching the trailers for Exodus: Gods and Kings, it seems as though this film will stay closer to the story of Exodus than “Noah” did Genesis. Earlier this year when Noah was released, there were a lot of Christians who were not pleased with the movie’s interpretation of the book of Genesis.

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One thing is for sure; this film looks visually stunning. The CGI looks amazing. Here’s a quick quote from the director, Ridley Scott:

“Well, in terms of the metaphorical aspects, yes [this is the biggest project I’ve done]. Even budgetarily it’s probably the biggest, yeah. But I didn’t approach it as my biggest. I never do that. I always approach it from the point of view of the characters, of the story. I never realised Gladiator was going to be quite as large in terms of its scope and yet it was a very small, personal story. A revenge. A simple revenge into which we had jigsawed some characters.”